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Keeping the Fire Inside the Motor

I’ve worked on a pretty wide variety of cars over the years, and a consistent engineering question each of the designers faced is this: How do we keep the extremely high combustion pressures inside of the motor? If you’ve ever experienced a blown head gasket and the expense that comes with repairing it properly, you know what I’m talking about! 1: Monobloc Castings Some of the oldest cars that…